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On the new NPR podcast Wild Card, host Rachel Martin has guests choose their own questions — at random, from a deck of cards. They tackle some of life's biggest questions, and the conversations can get deep pretty quickly.
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DOT planning for similar spending on roads as last year
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The backers have until July 8.
Main Street, hosted by Ashley Thornberg and Craig Blumenshine, keeps its finger on the pulse of Prairie Public's broadcast region.
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There's an upcoming cohort aimed at supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs. We visit with Brenna Ortiz who's hosting the cohort, in partnership wtih StrengthenND. She's the program manager at Native Max, an Indigenous fashion magazine. ~~~ Historian Tom Isern takes us back in time to prohibition with a Plains Folk essay. ~~~ Part interview, part existential game show, veteran NPR host Rachel Martin rips up the typical Q and A script and asks guests to go deep with her new show Wild Card. ~~~ Where we're from shapes who we are. In this episode of Poetry from Studio47, how place shaped poet Joe Wilkins.
News from NPR
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs plans to sign the repeal of the law that bans nearly all abortions — keeping the state's 15-weeks-of-pregnancy ban in place. But it's unclear when the repeal takes effect
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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, as inflation remained stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target. Investors now think it could be September or later before rates start to fall.
Arts & Culture
What do sword fighting, waltzing, and knowing how to curtsy have in common? We find out with the Academy of Sage Heroes, a group interested in developing "holistic, impactful moral excellence through local, communal experiences drawn from yesteryear's wisdom." We visit with ASH Chapter Organizer Jaymes O'Pheron.
The Great American Folk Show